970s Deaths

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 74. Chapters: 970 deaths, 971 deaths, 972 deaths, 973 deaths, 974 deaths, 975 deaths, 976 deaths, 977 deaths, 978 deaths, 979 deaths, Edgar the Peaceful, Edward the Martyr, Dobrawa of Bohemia, Harald II of Norway, Ulrich of Augsburg, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Pope Benedict VI, Cuilén, Pope John XIII, Liutprand of Cremona, John I Tzimiskes, Ivar of Limerick, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Taizu of Song, Muhammad bin Hani al Andalusi al Azdi, Hrotsvitha, Peter I of Bulgaria, Al-Muizz Lideenillah, Rukn al-Dawla, Parantaka Chola II, Adikavi Pampa, Ibn al-Jazzar, Fernando Ansúrez II, Menahem ben Saruq, Ramahurmuzi, Rudesind, Cathróe of Metz, Oscytel, Boris II of Bulgaria, Fernán González of Castile, Ratherius, Li Houzhu, 'Imran, John of Gorze, Peter Phokas, Taksony of Hungary, García Sánchez I of Pamplona, 'Izz al-Daula, Ðinh B¿ Linh, Amlaíb of Scotland, Al-Hakam II, Gu Hongzhong, Gwangjong of Goryeo, Isarn, Bishop of Grenoble, Byrhthelm, Pietro IV Candiano, Ibn al-Qüiyya, Aron, Kamo no Yasunori, Helen I of Croatia, Tadhg of Uí Díarmata, Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon, Hermann Billung, David, Qadi al-Nu'man, Alp Tigin, Balderic of Utrecht, Abu Ja'far al-Khazin, Oleg of Drelinia, Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Conrad of Constance, Theobald I, Count of Blois, Mansur I, Máel Muad mac Brain, Adalbert of Italy, Gisulf I of Salerno, Diego, Al-Muti, Ashot III, Moses, Cyneweard of Glastonbury, Geibennach mac Aedha, Rogvolod, Cináed ua hArtacáin, Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, Reginar III, Count of Hainaut, Kvirike II of Kakheti, Sideman, Gero, Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen, Gyeongsun of Silla, Bisutun, Dietrich I von Wettin, Mathgamain mac Cennétig, Sharif Razi, Thurcytel, Kalokyros, Cathal mac Tadg, Raymond III, Count of Toulouse, Oberto I, Iago ap Idwal, Fujiwara no Kanemichi, Wynsige of Lichfield, Gotofredo I, Archbishop of Milan, Boso of Merseburg, Ælfwold I, Richar, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson, Earl of Orkney, Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani, Alnothus, Notker Physicus, Ælfweald, Karka II, Hugh, Count of Toulouse, Olof Björnsson, Oswulf of Ramsbury, Ziri ibn Manad, Huarui Furen, Khottiga Amoghavarsha, Gregory of Gaeta, Aio, Geirmund the Noisy, Hatto II, Erenfried II, Xu Xi, Minamoto no Saneakira, Conchobar mac Tadg, Guo Zhongshu, Muhammad al-Jusaní, Luitgarde of Vermandois, Fujiwara no Koretada, Brestir Sigmundsson, Beinir Sigmundsson, Arnulf II, Count of Boulogne, Fujiwara no Saneyori. Excerpt: Sviatoslav I Igorevich (Old East Slavic: ¿~¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ / ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, Sventoslavu / Svantoslavu Igorevici; Russian: , Svyatoslav Igorevic; Ukrainian: , Svyatoslav Igorovic; Svetoslav; Bulgarian: , Greek: , Sphendosthlabos) (c. 942 ¿ March 972), also spelled Svyatoslav, was a varangian prince of Kievan Rus'. The son of Igor of Kiev and Olga, Sviatoslav is famous for his incessant campaigns in the east and south, which precipitated the collapse of two great powers of Eastern Europe¿Khazaria and the First Bulgarian Empire; he also conquered numerous East Slavic tribes, defeated the Alans and the Volga Bulgars,, and at times was allied with the Pechenegs and Magyars. His decade-long reign over Rus' was marked by rapid expansion into the Volga River valley, the Pontic steppe and the Balkans. By the end of his short life, Sviatoslav carved out for himself the largest state in Europe, eventually moving his capital from Kiev to Pereyaslavets on the Danube in 969. In contrast wit...